PragerU Stuck With Video Privacy Suit Over Sharing With Meta

Prager University Foundation failed to convince a federal judge to dismiss a proposed class action alleging it shared the video-viewing histories of consumers with Meta Platforms Inc. in violation of the Video Privacy Protection Act.

Lead plaintiffs Sylvia Chandra and Damany Browne adequately pleaded that PragerU disclosed their personally identifiable information, as defined in the VPPA, and did so knowingly, Judge Mark C. Scarsi of the US District Court for the Central District of California said Tuesday.

Scarsi grounded his ruling in the “ordinary person” standard used by the Ninth Circuit to determine what constitutes personally identifiable information under the ...